2017屆高考英語第一輪單元精練復(fù)習(xí)
moreover, mum and dad surely cannot be ditched completely. young adults may, as ms harris argues, be keen to appear like their contemporaries. but even in those early years, parents have the power to open doors: they may initially choose the peers with whom their young associate, and pick that influential neighborhood. moreover, most people suspect that they come to resemble their parents more in middle age, and people's child－rearing habits may be formed partly by what their parents did. so the balance of influences is probably complicated, as most parents already suspected without being able to demonstrate it scientifically. even if it turns out that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection, discipline and good example，parents are not completely off the hook.
1.according to ms harris, ________.
a.parents are to blame for any bad behavior of their children
b.children's personality is shaped by their friends and neighbors
c.nature rather than upbringing has a significant effect on children's personality development
d.parents will greatly affect the children's life in the long run
【答案與解析】 b 推斷題。第1段說“孩子性格更多是受朋友和鄰居的影響”。
2.the word “ditched”(line 1, para.4)could best be replaced by ________.
a.proved b.emphasized
c.compared d.ignored
【答案與解析】 d 詞義推測(cè)題。第4段第1句意為，此外，父母的影響肯定不容忽視。
3.the developmental psychologists think ________.
a.children are more influenced by their peers
b.identical twins raised in the same home are different in personality
c.twins raised in two separate families are different in personality
d.upbringing has a less significant effect on children's personality development
【答案與解析】 c 推斷題。根據(jù)第2段可知，雙胞胎在不同家庭成長(zhǎng)，也就會(huì)有不同的性格。
4.according to paragraph 3, we know that ________.
a.it is easier for children to gain a language at home
b.it is harder to follow the effects of parental upbringing
c.immigrant children avoid speaking the same way as their parents at school
d.it is proved that peers have a greater effect on children's qualities
【答案與解析】 c 細(xì)節(jié)題。文章第3段說移民家庭里的孩子在學(xué)校不會(huì)像父母一樣說話。
5.what does the author mean by saying “parents are not completely off the hook” at the end of the passage?
a.parents should control the situation.
b.parents should give their way to children.
c.parents should spend more time on children.
d.parents should take on their responsibility